What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? It is a more skillful way of dealing with people. The author has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success. In this book, Leil Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure fire success techniques.
Computers, like us, confront limited space and time, so computer scientists have been grappling with similar problems for decades. And the solutions they’ve found have much to teach us.
Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth. Learn how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy, avoid common disasters, and use proven strategies to successfully communicate.
In his hugely attended Talk LikeTED events, bestselling author and communications guru Carmine Gallo found, again and again, that audiences wanted to discover the keys to telling powerful stories, inspiring stories that could galvanize movements and actuate global change. And indeed, whether your goal is to sell, educate, fundraise, or entertain, your story is your most valuable asset.
For years, I thought my problem was that I didn’t try hard enough. So I started getting up earlier. I drank enough energy drinks to kill a horse. I ate more superfoods. Nothing worked. Then, while leading a thirty-day online course, I learned something surprising: The most effective exercises didn’t add pressure, they took the pressure off. The strategies in this book are counterintuitive and might feel like cheating. But they’re based on studies conducted by a university researcher with hundreds of participants.
In this highly acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Dr. Robert B. Cialdini—the seminal expert in the field of influence and persuasion—explains the psychology of why people say yes and how to apply these principles ethically in business and everyday situations.
In the midst of a normal life, Katie became increasingly depressed, and over a ten-year period sank further into rage, and despair. Then one morning, she woke up in a state of absolute joy, filled with the realization of how her own suffering had ended. The freedom of that realization has never left her, and now in Loving What Is you can discover the same freedom through The Work.
Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a twelve-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking. This book redefines your “year” to be 12 weeks long. In 12 weeks, there just isn’t enough time to get complacent, and urgency increases and intensifies.
Since 2015, Extreme Ownership has revolutionized leadership development and set a new standard. Required reading for many of the most successful organizations, it details the mindset and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult combat missions. It demonstrates how to apply them to any team or organization, in any leadership environment.
There is a huge difference between knowing something and understanding. There is an even wider gap between understanding and doing. Highly successful people never get it all finished in any given day; however, they always get the most important things completed. Selk and Bartow offer the 8 fundamentals of doing what is most important.
Many people have a fear of public speaking or are insecure about their ability to give a successful presentation. Now public speaking coach and bestselling author Carmine Gallo explores what makes a great presentation by examining the widely acclaimed TED Talks, which have redefined the elements of a successful presentation and become the gold standard for public speaking.
Many people have a fear of public speaking or are insecure about their ability to give a successful presentation. Now public speaking coach and bestselling author Carmine Gallo explores what makes a great presentation by examining the widely acclaimed TED Talks, which have redefined the elements of a successful presentation and become the gold standard for public speaking.
Does the uncertainty and chaos of life keep you up at night? Is irrational anxiety your constant companion? Let God help you win the war on worry and receive the lasting peace of Christ.
Based on more than 1,300 hours of interviews with more than 20 billionaires and 300 CEOs, Who presents Smart and Street’s A Method for Hiring. Refined through the largest research study of its kind ever undertaken, the A Method stresses fundamental elements that anyone can implement–and it has a 90 percent success rate.
Pastor Marc Maillefer draws from biblical wisdom, his own life, and his pastoral experience to provide vivid illustrations and applications of the life of the suffering saint. He reminds us of God’s compassionate, merciful sovereignty, and assures us that during our storms, God is still with us, provides for us, and has a purpose for us.
3,000 years ago, on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling. He shouldn’t have won. Or should he have? In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks.
Little, everyday decisions will either take you to the life you desire or to disaster by default. Darren Hardy, publisher of Success Magazine, presents The Compound Effect, a distillation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal achievements in business, relationships, and beyond.
Do you feel frustrated because you can’t seem to finish every item on your daily to-do lists? If so, it’s not your fault. Millions of people are using to-do lists that set them up for failure. In the To-Do List Formula, Damon Zahariades shares an approach designed to help you organize, manage, and address every task and responsibility on your plate in a timely fashion.
Right now, 70% of Americans aren’t passionate about their work. They know there is something better out there, but they just don’t know how to reach it. In his latest book, The Proximity Principle, national radio host and career expert Ken Coleman provides a simple plan of how positioning yourself near the right people and places can help you land the job you love.
BJ FOGG is here to change your life—and revolutionize how we think about human behavior. Based on twenty years of research and Fogg’s experience coaching more than 40,000 people, Tiny Habits cracks the code of habit formation. With breakthrough discoveries in every chapter, you’ll learn the simplest proven ways to transform your life. Fogg shows you how to feel good about your successes instead of bad about your failures.
“I want to believe, I want to have hope, but . . .” Pastor and bestselling author Craig Groeschel hears these words often and has asked them himself. In the middle of your profound pain, you long for authentic words of understanding and hope. You long to know that even in overwhelming reality, you can still believe that God is good. Rediscover a faith in the character, power, and presence of God. Even in the questions. Even now.
“Change is hard,” we say, and it is even harder when change is thrust upon us. In today’s tough times, we may be forced to reinvent our career or downsize our lives; at any point in life, we may lose a love or a dream. In AdaptAbility, Ryan provides strategies to retrain your brain and optimize your response to change, step by step.
In Getting Results the Agile Way, author J.D. Meier introduces Agile Results®-a simple system for meaningful results! It’s a systematic way to achieve both short- and long-term results in all aspects of your life-from work to fun. It offers just enough planning to get you going, but makes it easy to change your course as needed.
Out of all books Paul recommends, this is his favorite! Since the founding of Paul Cameron’s recruiting firm DriveStaff, Inc., in June of 2002, continuing on to SpeedUpMyJobSearch.com in May of 2014, every single employee has been (and still is) required to read this book before their first day, on which, there is a quiz on this book to ensure they actually did read it! Do you want to know about OUR culture? Read this book.
A champion manager of people, Jack Welch shares the hard-earned wisdom of a storied career. With Winning, he delivers a wide-ranging, in-depth, no-holds-barred management guidebook about the tough strategic, organizational, and personal challenges that face people at every stage of their careers.
